## BIO
I am **Md Emran Hasan** and I am a web application developer, usability consultant, and an entrepreneur from Bangladesh. I have experience in developing large social community platforms and business critical automation applications for both web and desktop arena. I've worked with geographically diverse teams and played a number of roles in different levels of organizations. I follow Agile methodologies of software development and believe in working, shippable software.
You can download my short resume <a href= "http://phpfour.com/emran\_resume\_1pager.pdf">here</a>.
**Background:**
I've completed my Bachelor in Business from Brac University. I've been professionally working from my college days. In the last few years, I've got the chance to work with these excellent companies:
* [Somewhere In Net][1] as Web Application Developer
* [Pageflakes][2] as Development Engineer (Flakes)
* [Trippert Labs][3] as Development Manager
And now I own my company , where I play the role of Chief Technical Officer (CTO).
## Area of Expertise
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I am a Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE) on PHP5 and I work on anything related to PHP. The following are the highlighted ones:
* LAMP based Web Application Development
* Feature rich UI design & development
* Enterprise internet/intranet solution
* Web Usability and Accessibility review
* Enterprise Web Application Consultancy
**Work Toolbox:**
I feel most comfortable working with these:
* **Language**: PHP 4/5, JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, Visual Basic .NET
* **Database**: MySQL, MSSQL 2000, SQLite
* **Web Server**: Apache, IIS, lighthttpd
* **Framework**: CodeIgnitor, Zend Framework, Orchid, CakePHP
* **Editor/IDE**: Visual [login to view URL], NuSpheere PHPEd, Dreamweaver CS3, Zend Studio for ecilipse, etc.
* **Design & Analysis**: UML, Design Patterns, Web Standards
* **Project Management**: Microsoft Project, Basecamp
* **Issue Tracking**: Mantis, Trac, Flyspray
* **Version Control**: Subversion
**Previous Work:**
A few of my previous works (portfolio section coming soon in!):
* **Social Networks**: <a href= "http://www.somewhereinblog.net">Somewhere In Blog</a>, <a href= "http://moonri.se">Moonrise</a>
* **Job Portals**: <a href= "http://www.jobxpress.org">Jobxpress</a>, <a href= "http://www.aiminlife.com">Aim in Life</a>
* **Facebook Application**s: Need For Speed, Fighter Jet, Moodmill, Teenjobs, Blinkweb
* **Process Automation**: <a href= "http://www.clippingimages.com">Clipping Images</a>, <a href= "http://www.pnsmedia.com">PNS Media & Communication</a>, [Color Experts][4]
* **E-commerce**: <a href= "http://www.kurskalenderen.no/">Kurskalenderen</a>, <a href= "http://www.basketsbylucy.com/">Lucy's Gift Basket</a>